A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated, with the latest discoveries. Adapted to the use of schools and academies, and of the general reader (1850)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 152
relative position of the sun, the earth, and the moon,both in a solar and in a lunar eclipse. It is evident fromthe figure, that if a spectator were situated where themoons shadow strikes the earth, the moon would cut offfrom him the view of the sun, or the sun would be to-tally eclipsed. Or, if he…
Astronomy
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